Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-16
FRATERNAL SENTIMENTS.

| A few days ago John Brown, Jr., son OF
John Brown, of Harper's Ferry, remitted a
contribution of S. to Maj Henry E. Young,
of Charleston, directing him to apply it in
any manner that he might see proper for
the benefit of the earthquake sufferers. The
letter abounded in fraternal sentiments and
sympathy for the unfortunate people OF
Charleston. Maj. Young turned the money
over to the Confederate Home, and in ac-
knowledging Mr.. Browns contribution,
warmly reciprocated the sentiments ex-
pressed by Mr.. Brown. The donor has re-
piled to Maj. Young approving of the dispo-
sition made of his contribution. He says
that when the non-combatants of the war
have passed away there will be little left of
the "bloody chasm," and that the men who
fought each other, can now fully compre-
hend the meaning of the word fraternity"
Referring to this correspondence, the New
York Herald of Friday, says:
The correspondence between Maj. Young,
of Charleston, and John Brown, Jr., about
that famous five dollar bill is of national
importance. The son of Harper's Ferry
Brown hopes that 'sthe bloody ,chasm" of
other days will be filled up with "fraterni-
ty" enough to make the ground even. And
he adds that the politicians who fought
their battles seated on dry goods boxes at
the street corners" will pass away in good
time, and then we shall have no more Sec
tional prejudice. AS for the men ''who
and bayonets," they shook hands long ago,
and are now so busy trading with each
other that the dead past, which has buried
its dead, is-well, it's the dead past. The
Brown family seem to have good deal of
common sense.
MERE-MENTION.
Both branches of the Maine Legislature
have failed to give the necessary two-thirds
vote on the passage of the amendment to
the Constitution providing for female suf-
frage. .'''.'..''The marble bust of John G. Cal
houn has been placed in one of the inches in
ton. .'..''.''M Mahone's term as Senator from
Virginia expired on the 9Th instant. His
successor is Hon. John w. Daniel, the
Kings Mountain Centennial orator. ''.''''''A
machine has been invented that prints the
sides and ends of boxes at the same time at
the rate cf $500 per hour. '''''''' Mormon
jurors at Salt Lake City refuse to subscribe
to the anti-polygamy oath. .''''''"'Capt. j. B.
Eads, the noted civil engineer, died at
Nassau, n. P, on the Sth instant. His re-
mains were brought to st. Louis for buri-
al .'''''''''There were 230 business failures in
the United States last week. ''''''''D. S.
Pringle of South Carolina has been trans.
ferred from the position of Consul General
and Secretary of Legation at Guatemala, to
that of Consul General at Constantine
ple.' 1.-THE Missouri militia has disband-
ed in consequence of the failure of the Leg
islature to make appropriation for it's main
tenance. '''''''''Fresh shocks Of earthquake
were felt at Nice, Cannes and other points
in Southern Europe last Friday '':'''''A
Southern editor asserts that angels are all
blondes, but all blondes are not angels. 1t
is painfully apparent that his wife is not a
brunette. ''''''.' Representatives of all the
New England railroads met in convention
merce law. W.':.''''''Sherman's visit to the
South moves the Philadelphia Times to say:
The opening of Spring in Maine has been
postponed until after Senator Sherman's re-
turn from the South. .'''''''''A son of Senator
Patterson, the famous carpet-bagger of
South Carolina, is an inmate of the Tombs
prison, New York, awaiting trial for having
sWindled a man out of the enormous sum of
five dollars. 'Enoch Carter, colored, was
hanged at Orlando, Florida, last Saturday
for the murder of a policeman on Christ
guilt. .''''.':''Telegraph communication was
opened with Lenoir, n. c., via Hickory, on
Monday last. .'''''''''A fire in Lumberton, n.
c., last Sunday morning, destroyed twenty
two dwellings and twenty stores and busi-
ness houses. .'.......'Senator Sherman is max
ing tour of the South, though he says his
trip has no political significance. .'''''''''The
scheme of building ten new cotton seed oil
mills in the South, in opposition.to the pres
ent cotton seed oil monopoly, seems to have
been abandoned by its projectors.
AGRICULTURALR REpoRT.-T March re-
port of the Washington Department of Ag-
riculture of the distribution of wheat and
corn shows that 36 per cent. of the crop of
corn is still in the farmers hands, smaller
proportion than in March, 1885 and 1885,
but larger than in 1884. The estimated re-
mainder is 603,OOO,00O bushels. The esti-
mated proportion held for home consump-
tion is 1877 900 bushels, leaving 28S,000,-
600 bushels for transportation beyond county
lines. The proportion of merchantable corn
is sc per cent, making the quality of the
crop comparatively high, so being the av-
erage percentage of merchantable in a series
of years. The amount of wheat on hand
is q per cent. of the crop, or about 122, ,000,-
600 bushels, against 107 900 last year,
and 169,0O0,000 in March, 1885, the largest
surplus of the largest crop ever grown. It
is 100000 bushels more than in March.
1884, and q, 100000 bushels more than in 1882
after the shortest crop of recent years. The
proportion held for local consumption is
shipped beyond county lines is 263, 900, 900
bushels. The quality of the crop is unusu-
ally good in the principal wheat-groWing
caotionc tho ovnra oa hainu ES = mounds nor